The courses brought together spinal surgeons from different countries of Latin America who shared their experiences and skills with a selected group of international and local Faculty through clinical cases, lectures, and discussions.

 

 

This year, our Regional Courses took place at the Hotel Hyatt Regency Polanco in Mexico City on June 22–24. With 224 participants enrolled and the hosting of renowned and outstanding The AOSpine Latin America Regional Courses is an excellent event to attend. The main reason in my opinion is because it does not matter if you are a new or an experienced surgeon, you will change your behavior. There is always something to learn. You cannot go away without at least one new thing to learn to take better care of your patients. Rui Nei Santana (BR), participant of the Advanced ModuleFaculty members, it exceeded all educational and organizational expectations. According to Rui Nei Santana (BR), participant of the Advanced Module, “the AOSpine Latin America Regional Courses is an excellent event to attend. The main reason in my opinion is because it does not matter if you are a new or an experienced surgeon, you will change your behavior. There is always something to learn. You cannot go away without at least one new thing to learn to take better care of your patients”.

 

Chairpersons and Educational Advisors carefully planned the scientific program. Its innovative teaching methodology enabled a strong interaction among the participants. The courses available were a Research Seminar, a Principles Course designed for residents and young spine surgeons, as well as two Advanced Modules on Trauma and Degenerative/Deformities pathologies.

 

According to Pedro Bazán (AR), Educational Advisor of the Advanced Module on Trauma, “the excellent Regional Course balances very well all the academic, educational, also social activities. That is why it is good to come to these courses and I The excellent Regional Course balances very well all the academic, educational, also social activities. That is why it is good to come to these courses and I suggest you schedule the date of June 2018 to go to the Regional Course in Sao Paulo. Pedro Bazán (AR), Educational Advisor of the Advanced Module on Traumasuggest you schedule the date of June 2018 to go to the Regional Course in Sao Paulo”.

 

The course brought together spinal surgeons from different countries of Latin America who shared their experiences and skills with a selected group of international and local Faculty through clinical cases, lectures, and discussions. The event was a great opportunity to update knowledge while sharing experiences and interact with world-class opinion leaders on spine surgery such as Alexander Vaccaro (USA); Christopher Shaffrey (USA); Jean Ouellet (Canada); Jeffrey Wang (USA); Luiz Vialle (Brazil); Michael Fehlings (Canada); Richard Bransford (USA); Roger Härtl (USA), among others.

 

The course had 224 participants and 35 speakers. Among the participants, 23% participated in the principles course and 77% were in the advanced modules:

 

 

 

Livestream

On the last day of the event, we had the Plenary Session on the latest developments of each of the topics discussed during the regional courses, which was also livestreamed to several AOSpine members worldwide who were able to have live interaction. Both the local and remote audience participated in the discussion.

 

The local audience had more than 200 participants and the remote audience had 106 participants from 32 different countries:

 

 

Ex-fellows AOSpine Latin America meeting

The Regional Course Mexico City 2017 held a fraternal meeting of ex-fellows with the enthusiastic participation of approximately 30 participants. During the meeting, some presentations were made by Michael Fehlings, Luiz Vialle, and Barón Zárate who gave a presentation on the Fellowship Program of the Instituto Rehabilitación Ortopédica from Mexico City. Closing the meeting was an emotional tribute to Luiz Vialle who has led the Hospital Cajuru Fellowship Program since 2002.

 

 

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